php function to validate email address

php function to validate email address 

function checkEmail($email) {
  if(preg_match("/^([a-zA-Z0-9])+([a-zA-Z0-9\._-])
  ↪*@([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+([a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+)+$/",
               $email)){
    list($username,$domain)=split('@',$email);
    if(!checkdnsrr($domain,'MX')) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }
  return false;